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406th NLS
Bingham
Crew
Photo Credit and Names:
Robert Holmstrom
Standing, L-R:
ASNs
so-colored
above and below for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Records. The photo was probably taken prior to their overseas
journey. Some crew members changed or were dropped and on 28 June 1945
the crew were ordered to the ZI in
B24 44-50929, named as
"Night-Knight"
according to Tom Brittan's records. Marsena Parker-Butts replaced
Michael as CP. He
had been on the
Canner Crew but they crashed during the move to Harrington
from Cheddington. Passengers included the following:
Operational Orders
#160,dtd 28Jun45 show the
following names and information: Crew-Specific Data Sources:
Universal Downloadable Data Sources:
James E. Bingham, Jr. - Pilot
ASN 0689010
William L.
Michael
- Copilot ASN 0833955
James D. Malloy - Bombardier ASN 0718004
Richard W. Billings -
Navigator ASN 02072336
Kneeling, L-R:
Robert E. Holmstrom - TG
ASN
37588295
Richard E. Ecker
- BTG ASN
17051902
John T. Reinhold, Jr. - R.O.
ASN 37471839
Paul S. Kovach - NTG ASN
33672990
Everette L. Mitchell -
Engineer ASN
34180886
Harold H.
Austin ASN
16051587 MOS 750
Victor
Abel ASN
17055212 MOS 911
Keith C.
Armstrong ASN
36419002 MOS 911
Charles W.
Elmstedt ASN
31281390 MOS 747
Wallace W.
Gilbaugh ASN
33756781 MOS 555
Ralph
Levine ASN
31281845 MOS 911
Robert H.
McDonald ASN
35493271 MOS 686
Derald A.
Simonis ASN
39325137 MOS 754
Ephraim K.
Lawrence ASN
35102948 MOS 911
Robert J.
O'Leary ASN
32942963 MOS 685
Bingham
Crew Personnel files
Bingham Passenger Personnel files
406th NLS Air Crew Card Index
406th NLS Squadron RZI Card File
AAFRH-21 "AAF Aid to European Resistance"
Air Power History Article
Allied Leaflets Index
Aerospace Historian Article
"Carpetbaggers" by Parnell
Night Leaflet Squadrons Operations reports
(Jun44-Jul45)
"They Flew
by Night" editor Robert Fish
Serial Number Index of B24s
Station 179 Operations Log
(handwritten Apr44-Jul45)
Station 179 Operations Log
(transcribed Sep44-Jul45)
Available on Request:
Group Mission Reports Jan-Sep44
(On
disk $12ea - $10ea via Paypal)
"Secret Squadrons
of the 8th" by Carty
(leaflet squadron portion only)
"Chronology of SOE Operations with the
Resistance In France During WWII"
by Foot & Boxhall
"Spies,Supplies & Moonlit Skies Vols
1&2" by Ensminger (On
disk $12ea - $10ea via Paypal)
"Leaflet Operations during the 2nd WW" by
James M. Erdmann
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